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s uitrit tetten e'tm @ffice GEORGE J. GAEEWELE 0E WEST GHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT Letters .Patent No. 76,600, dated April 14,1868; -anteolated April 9, 1868.

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To WHOM IT'MAY ooNoERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. CAPEWELL, o f.West Cheshire, New Haven county, State of Connecticut, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Clothing; and I hereby declare the following to be a. full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the-drawings that accompany and form apart of these specifications.

The nature of my invention consists. in providing a device-for holding the button and the bodkiu, and for piercing the cloth, all in-connection withl the parts that hold and ilange 'the eyelet. i

Figure 1, perspective view.

Figure 2, section-elview;

Figure 3, view showing the bodkin and eyelet. in position to be inserted in the cloth.

Letter A, a bent lever, with elbow andjournal, forming the fulcrum, all in one piece. I

Letter B, elanp'by which the machine may be mede' fast .to bench or table, by aid ofthe screw G, and held in position.

Letter C, clamp-screw.

Letter d, a set-screw, the lower end'being cone-shaped, tosustain the centre ofthe button, and spread the eyelet forming'the ilange (Inder-the inner disk of the button. y

Lettere, spring to hold the button in place to receive the eyelet when they are brought together.

Letter z, hollowspindle, supported by a spring' to hold the eyelet in position. l i

f Letter z', bed-piece or support for the eyelet when being forced intb the button.

Letter k bodkin, provided with a stem or shank to beinserted in the hollow spindle It, with which an opening is made in the'cloth to admit the eyelet. l

The manner of operating my machine is this: Throw the `lever A -back into the position indicated by the red lines in lig. 1; place the button under the set-screw d, to be held in place by the spring e; place the eyelet over the hollow tube la, on the bod-piece z'; insert the sten". ofthe bodkin the spindle/l1.; placing the cloth upon the point of the bodkin, press it down over the bodkin, and on to the eyelet. Then remove the bodkin, and bring the lever'A forward, so as to force the button and eyelet together, lbringing them close enough to confine the cloth firmly, and form the lange on the eyclct required .to hold them. i

lI do notclaim any particular form of bodkiu, but the object of the hollow spindle is to serve the double purpose of holding .the Aeyelet in place, and sustaining, at the same time, the bodkin 7c, while. the fabric was being slipped on. f

Whatl claim as' my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bent lever A, with elbow and journal formed of one piece, the conical-formed adjustable set-screw'd, and spring e, when combined4 and arranged substantially `in the manner and for the purposes specified.

v GEORGE J. GAPEWELL.

Witnesses:

CRNELIA A. CoRNwELL, EDWD A. CcRNwALL. 

